Lessons of Time

Day and night combine As days, weeks, months, years go by Lives are lost in the fast-moving current of time Memories fade as people age Never are life lessons written in history Experiences in the black ink of diaries They smudge as it is packed into storage Others never learning from their mistakes Having the records skip back every beat The human race can't pass it by When lessons are not learned In the passing of time

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